Landshuts and Land of Cabs Amid Atlantic Turmoil
Report from an era of maritime war notes the King of Priffins headquarters at Landshuts and Austrian forces under General Beck retreating inland. Regiments prepared to embark from Ireland for Newfoundland. Dispatches describe French enemy movements off Trinity and Poole, with ships seized and privateers active.
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Newfoundland
Poole
Bonavista
Trinity
Ithe
Tyrawley
Count de Lippe
Portugal
Wellings
Warrington
Portmouth
Neptune
Spithead
Hermione
Active
Arbour
Sardoyne
Dares Dean
Arriv
Sloep
Albany
Caen
Normandy
Sea Service
Johnson
London
New-York
Jenny
Liverpool
New York
St. John’s
Jane
Curtis
Carolina
Cowes
Bremen
Algaziras
Flying Angel
Benertson
Leghorn
Edinburgh
Jaly
Leith Road
Bertie
Duke de Broglie
Dunkirk
Jacques Everire
Ferling
Wedgesday
Chace
Sheerness
Lynn
Leith
Bymouth
Orkney
Amsterdam
Duc de Broglierivateer
Lord Sutherland
Dr Robert Walker Patent Jesuits Drops Advert
Public notice advertises Dr Robert Walker Patene Gentine and True Original Jesuits Drops as an instant cure for various ailments claiming no mercury in formula. It markets sales from a London warehouse and other outlets with references to royal authorization and guaranteed secrecy.
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Moodie
Kfebp
Glasgow
King Boys
Hispaniola
Kingston
St. Jago
Cuba
Whitehall
Great
Britain
Germany
Blackear
Col. Hale
Corone
Rome
Spello
Pamfili
Wand
Henrietta Matlinger
Gloucester
Matlinger
Kensington
Robert Walker
Elixir
Harryh
Lone
Flete-Lair
Old Bally
Mn Mackinder
King
St. James’s Square
Hortony
Portfrouth
Brown
Booktellers
Bristel
Jordans
J. Wessel
Satirical letter argues bulls and bears metaphor in finance
Solomon Scrip defends gaming as a public good and praises the Jonathan's circle for stimulating money circulation and national credit. He contrasts Bulls and Bears in politics with Bulls and Bears in money matters, urging respect for financiers while urging reform to aid indigent families and public revenue.
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London Evening
Jonathan
National Credit
Monitor
Lam, Sc
Humility and Wealth in an Age of Fast Fortunes
Letter to the London Evening Post discussing the perils of ostentation among new fortunes. Compares modern wealth to ancestral lines, urges modesty, and cites anecdotes of noble origins using humble artifacts to teach posterity. Notes on Poor Rates and historical welfare differ from today.
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Paris
Wade
China
Japan
Anjou
HumpHry Oldcastl
Birds and Lovers in Moonswept Nature Verse
A Baroque lyric describing lovers Laura and the speaker amid birdsong and pastoral sights. The text wavers with archaic diction as it envisions moonlit scenery, rustic charm, and a vow of godlike passion born from nature and art. Reading, 1762.
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Dassen
Reading
Military action near Villaflor and Nabádeval
From Flanders to Madrid reports detail Spanish forces clashing with peasants and Portuguese auxiliaries. Colonel Dén Martin Alvares led 600 grenadiers and 20 horse to seize Villaflor, dislodging rebels after heavy fighting. Major General Diego Antonio-Manrique, under Count Maceda, pursued bands, captured 65 prisoners including a serjeant-major, and held hostages to curb further raids.
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Flanders
Madrid
Traelos-montes
Marquis de Galatremagnes
Monteorvo
Dén Martin Alvares
Villaflor
Otheer
Villafor
Doh
Diego Antonio-Manrique
Count Maceda
Nabadavel
Valdekamala
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Pancras Church
Foundling Hospital
Saunders Welch
New Prison
Clerkenwell Bridewell
Postscript
The
London Evening Post
Charles the Second
Humber
Laura
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